Michigan Wolverines Links: Football team up to No. 9 in ESPN post-spring top 25

AP PhotoDenard Robinson and the Wolverines were impressive enough this spring to move up five spots to No. 14 in ESPN's post-spring top 25.

• Michigan must have really impressed Mark Schlabach during the spring. The Wolverines jumped Michigan State in the ESPN college football writer's post-spring top 25. The Spartans No. 11 while Michigan is the Big Ten's highest-ranked team. [ESPN]

• Not only is it rumored that Michigan football is about to get a commitment from Maurice Hurst Jr, the four-star defensive tackle tweeted that he's doing a video design project on the Wolverines-Buckeyes rivalry for school. Look for a link to the finished product on his twitter account when it's finished. [MGoBlog]

• Michigan has its work cut out for it, opening up next season with Alabama, even though the several players are now gone from 2011 national champion squad. Still, as two-touchdown underdogs, former Wolverines quarterback Brian Griese thinks the program has a good chance to evaluate where its at in its turnaround from the Rich Rodriguez era. [DetNews]

• After losing two bedrocks of the program in Zack Novak and Stu Douglass, head coach John Beilein's biggest focal points this summer are on filling the void of leadership and maintaining team chemistry. [UMhoops]

• Michigan's No. 15-ranked women's tennis team made it to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament, but was ousted, 4-0, by Florida after upsetting the Gators' top-ranked doubles team. [MGoBlue]